The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-10-13
WHEELING WEST ,ooToBER l3 1857
QUEEN OF THE COWBOYS.
History Of Young Woman Of Brookiy,
who Eloped with Wild wcstsruer.

| AA"AoAS VI u AouuS woman OK BrOoklyi
who Eloped with Wild westsrner.
New YonK, Oct: l2.-Augus!a Loosner
q beautiful buxom blonde Of twenty years
who camo from saxony In 1884. was me-
and woed and won almost Immediately
by Xavier Grnmer, a wldower with ak
chile ldren, and about fifteen years her 80.
nior, and he took her to his home In
Brooklyn. The new wife soon had mum.
bers Of admirers, and, as she and the chill.
dren could not get along together, she
eloped with a .'cowboy" and atarted for
the far west. A few months sgo Grsmsr
received from his vile letter, dated at
Walla Walla, Washington Territory, 70.
citing an almost incredible story Of adyen.
turei and romantic life that, while 1t was
interesting, showed Mr.. Gramer q way to
. permanent relesae from tho matrimonial
bonds which still Theoretically bound them
together. She wrote that she had gone to
Detroit and joined interests with a party
Of en1igrsnts bound for Idaho, where they
p:'iTosed to engage In farnlug. On the
uaS' acroBs the plains ehe learned how to
r%s and how to shoot as became pioneer
woman. The emigrauls were disappoint.
ed about getting tho land they had In.
tended to settle upon as homesteaders, and
90. determined to 60 on further and engage
In: atock raising. Mrs. Gramer went With
them, Sagsisting at the cooking and camp
work when they were In, camp, and at
driving and herding while on the march.
One day tho party learned that bufialoes
were in herd not far distant, and the men
were wild to get q shot at them. Mrs,
Gramer insisted upon going with them,
and although they tried to persuade her
to remain with the wagons, she was obdu.
rate, and they concluded to take her
along, mounted on An ugly little mustang
and carrying light riao acroaa her saddle.
A ROMANTIC ExpERIENcs. loa
She rode with the men until the game
came in sight, when in the consequent
excitement and commotlon ehe become
from the party, and her mus.
tong CHANGING to stumble, she was thrown
and had her leg broken. She lay helpless
for several hours In slight depression On
the ground, suffering excruciating pain,
when band Of Suake Indians, who had
been hunting the buffalo, came along and
discovered her. They took her up ten
DERBY, and half breed medicine man
among them managed to set the broken
limb. Making q litter for her of long
poles and wicker work that was trailed
along the ground behind pony, the In.
diana took her with them on their Journey
toward the Columbia river. During her
she was the recipient OF dis.
attention from the chiet of the
band, who proposed to install her at the
head Of his household. But feigninQ
greater weakness and suffering than
vera real, she threw the In.
diana of their guard, and when
presented itself she seized a
muatang and effected her escaps to the
party OF cowboys in tho near neighbor-
hood, by whom she was given an enthusi.
astic Welcome. She wes the only woman
within many miles aud was treated with
tho utmost gallantry by the semi.civilizsd
stock raisers, who handed over to her the
charge Of their csmp. She writes that she
is delighted with the wild free life she ia
leading among the cowboys, by whom ehe
Is treated like q queen, and whom she in
vests with nobility and Qallantry che did
not find prevalent among tho denizsns OF
Brooklyn. Shs said she never would re.
turn to civilizsd society again. Mr..
Gramer has begun an action ior divorce
absolute, and the summons by publication
having bssn yesterday returned, properly
executed, the case was eet down tor an
early hearing. 5roi